Actually, the term “resilience” is nothing new. It was (and still is) widely used in engineering, where it is said to have originated in the 19
th
century. Sometime last century this term was transported to psychology, and in the second half of the last century found to be used within even more professions. A short selection of definitions of resilience includes:
• Engineering: Resilience is the property of a material to absorb energy when it is deformed elastically and then, upon unloading to have this energy recovered.
• Psychology: Resilience in psychology is the positive capacity of people to cope with
stress and adversity.
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• Ecology: In ecology, resilience is the capacity of an ecosystem to respond to a
perturbation or disturbance by resisting damage and recovering quickly.
• Networking: Resilience is the ability to provide and maintain an acceptable level of
service in the face of faults and challenges to normal operation.
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• Organisations: Resilience is defined as “the positive ability of a system or company to
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adapt itself to the consequences of a catastrophic failure caused by power outage, a fire, a bomb or similar” event.
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The last of these definition actually tries to define what this article will be about: Organisational Resilience. However, especially compared to other definitions, it is lacking in quality, it is to
Actually, the term “resilience” is nothing new. It was (and still is) widely used in engineering, where it is said to have originated in the 19th century. Sometime last century this term was transported to psychology, and in the second half of the last century found to be used within even more professions. A short selection of definitions of resilience includes: • Engineering: Resilience is the property of a material to absorb energy when it is deformed elastically and then, upon unloading to have this energy recovered. • Psychology: Resilience in psychology is the positive capacity of people to cope with stress and adversity.3 • Ecology: In ecology, resilience is the capacity of an ecosystem to respond to a perturbation or disturbance by resisting damage and recovering quickly. • Networking: Resilience is the ability to provide and maintain an acceptable level of service in the face of faults and challenges to normal operation.5 • Organisations: Resilience is defined as “the positive ability of a system or company to (c) REX Management Systems GmbH & Co. KG, 2011 Page 1 4adapt itself to the consequences of a catastrophic failure caused by power outage, a fire, a bomb or similar” event.6 The last of these definition actually tries to define what this article will be about: Organisational Resilience. However, especially compared to other definitions, it is lacking in quality, it is to
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